Brian Asemi <asemisldkfj@gmail.com> wrote:

> Tom Miller wrote:
>   > You know, the NetBSD locals used to get together
> > once in awhile for dinner at inexpensive but
> > good restaurants.  Possibly the NetBSD booth at
> > the Linux conference will provide the motivation
> > for a planning meeting. . . . 
> > 
> > 
> What restaurants?  I'd definitely be interested in this.

Little India in Waltham was popular as were several 
places around Central Square in Cambridge. 

>
> As for the booth, I could show off my NEC MobilePro 780 running 3.0.

Cool!

>
> I also sent an e-mail to netbsd-advocacy that basically said I talked to 
> someone on the phone earlier and they said the cheapest booth is five 
> thousand dollars.  I'm going to ask about booths for non-profits, 
> because most of the booths seem to be commercial stuff.
>
> I also received an e-mail from someone off-list telling me that FreeBSD 
> is willing to let some NetBSD people use their booth if we can't get our 
> own.  

That's very kind of them.  

> I got another e-mail off-list from someone asking if it was okay 
> to put me in touch with someone working for LinuxWorld Expo to see about 
> getting a booth.
>
> Organizing things is confusing :).  I'll let you guys know of any 
> developments.

It looks like you've elected yourself head organizer, 
so thank you for that.  I'm willing to help if you 
have something you want me to do. 

>
> -Brian

Kindest regards, 

Tom